I love cookbooks with stories in them more than just collections of recipes. So I loved Hallelujah! The Welcome Table
The other night I made her mama’s “Red Rice” and it was good. My youngest loved it. I halved the original recipe as I was only feeding 3, plus leftovers. She ate the leftovers for lunch one day and a mid-afternoon snack after life-guarding another day.
Maya Angelou's Red Rice
Ingredients
- 3 slices bacon
- 1/2 cup chopped onions
- 1/4 cup chopped red bell peppers
- 1 14.5 oz can chopped tomatoes reserve the juice
- 1 Tbs tomato paste
- 1/4 tsp salt
- pepper to taste
- 2 cups cooked white rice
- 1 cup water and tomato juice
Instructions
- Fry the bacon up and then chop up the cooked bacon, leaving about 1 Tbs of grease in the pan.
- Cook the onion and peppers a few minutes, stirring, then add everything else. (Drain the can of tomatoes into a 1 cup measuring cup then top off with water.)
- Bring to a boil and cook 3-4 minutes.
- Stir, turn down the heat, cover and cook another 15 minutes or so.
Yum! That sounds really good. My husband loves rice with tomatoes — his mom used to mix cooked rice with stewed ones. Can’t wait to try this. The addition of bacon really does it for me.